Tag: Architecture, Culture, East Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara Travel, Flores, Lifestyle, Manggarai, Reyhard Matheos, Wae Rebo
Flores Island of Flowers
By: Reyhard Matheos Have you ever imagined living in a house with more than 6 families? Seems a bit crowded and uncomfortable right? Yet, the traditional Manggaraian...
The Temple of Christ and the Sugar Factory: A Javanese Jesus
By: Reyhard Matheos Jesus never set foot on Java. At least, there’s no mention of him doing so in the bible. Yet, only 20 kilometers from Yogyakarta in a small village...
The House of Raminten
By: Reyhard Matheos The ingredients that make Yogyakarta restaurant House of Raminten such a succes, are manifold: the place is owned by a Drag Queen, traditional...
Sungai Wain Protection Forest: Sun Bears find New Home In East Borneo
Only a few kilometers away from the busy seaport city of Balikpapan, Sungai Wain Protection Forest is home to Malayan sun bears (Helarctos Malayanus), the smallest bear...
Post Merapi Eruption: New Hope & a New Tourist Attraction in Yogya
By: Reyhard Matheos Ngatinem, a middle aged women, waved to us to visit her small bamboo made “warung” that sells bottled water, jaddah tempe (a traditional local...
So You Think It’s Hot? A Hotlist of Favorite Manado Recipes!
By: Reyhard Matheos Manadonese are a proud people and one thing they are proud of is their very very hot food. Whenever they cook fish, pork, bat, dogs (yes it’s...
The Forgotten Love Story of Cangke Island
By: Reyhard Matheos Do you still remember the Hollywood movie Blue lagoon? The film tells the story of two young children marooned on a tropical island paradise in the...
A Tale of Sand: A Hidden Ecological Struggle in Yogyakarta
By: Reyhard Matheos Sand defines the life story of those who live along Kulon Progo's southern shoreline. Up to the present day, this sand has nourished thousands of...
